Amos Y. Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1829 - 1904  (74 years)

• Name	Amos Y. Shantz
  Born	31 May 1829	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Amos Schantz
  Residence	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	O Methodist
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6781
  Died	19 May 1904  [6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Person ID	I19626	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Shantz,   b. 11 Oct 1781, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Yost,   b. 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Oct 1869, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1805  [12]
  Family ID	F4914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Moyer,   b. 2 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1914  (Age 78 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 5, 13]
  Children	1. Moses Shantz,   b. 28 Nov 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 1852  (Age 0 years)   2. Levi M. Shantz,   b. 10 Dec 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Feb 1930  (Age 76 years)   3. Lovina Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1931  (Age 74 years)   4. Jacob M. Shantz,   b. 16 Apr 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1940  (Age 81 years)   5. Abraham Shantz,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Abraham M. Shantz,   b. 29 Sep 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1913  (Age 52 years)   7. Nancy Shantz,   b. 22 Apr 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 1945, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   8. Amos M. Shantz,   b. 29 Apr 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Oct 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   9. Malinda Shantz,   b. 4 Jun 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 76 years)   10. Sarah Shantz,   b. 1880, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Amos Shantz, "the youngest son of Jacob and Mary (Yost) Shantz, was born May 31st, 1829. On March 2nd, 1852, he was married to Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Barbara (Shantz) Moyer. She was born September 2nd, 1835. Shortly after their marriage they moved on a farm four miles west of New Dundee, where he was engaged in farming until March, 1883, when they moved to Berlin where they still reside. To them were born the following children" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 411. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 103. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016901-1901. Addison Shantz, 23, Occ. Carpenter, b, Maryborough, Res. Berlin, son of Jacob Shantz and Magdalena Cressman married Malinda Shantz, 25, Housekeeper, b. Wilmot, Res. Berlin, daughter of Amos Shantz and Nancy Moyer, Witness(es): Robt Sider of Berlin and Sarah Moyer of Guelph, 16 March 1901 in Berlin. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 13. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Amos Schantz, aged 23, yeoman of Waterloo married 2 Mar 1852, Greenbush by banns to Nancy Meyer aged 18, of Waterloo [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. In memory of / Amos Shantz / born May 31, 1829 / died May 19, 1904 / his wife / Nancy Moyer / born Sept. 2, 1835 / died Jan. 30, 1914 / Shantz [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 23. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 11. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 6. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 36. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 395. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 May 1829 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 Mar 1852 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - O Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth